USA's Andrew Talansky leans into his turn as he starts his climb up out of Vail Village to the South Frontage road during the start of Stage 5 of the USA Pro Challenge time trail up Vail Pass Friday in Vail.

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VAIL — Tejay van Garderen has won Stage 5 of the USA Pro Challenge, the Vail Time Trial.

He set a course record, finishing the uphill time trial in 25:01. He now holds the overall lead, 1 minute, 30 seconds ahead of Mathias Frank. Tommy Danielson sits in third overall, 1 minute, 42 seconds behind.

Andrew Talansky had the second-fastest time of the day, at 25 minutes 5 seconds.

4:57 p.m.: Tejay van Garderen and Tom Danielson are speaking at a post-race press conference at the Sonnenalp in Vail.

"I was actually surprised to hear I got the stage win when I crossed the line because I felt pretty bad those last 2 kilometers," van Garderen said in the post-race press conference.

3:47 p.m.: Tejay van Garderen crosses the line at 25:01, for the best time of the day. He increases his lead overall.

3:33 p.m.: Christian Vande Velde of Garmin Sharp says the course is much faster than when he took second here two years ago thanks to the new paving. He finished with a time of 26:25.

2:39 p.m.: Andrew Talansky of Team Garmin Sharp has the new best time on course with a time of 25:05. He smashes the course record of Levi Leipheimer of 25:47. Talansky sits on the ground after finish, calling it the hardest time trial he's ever done.

2:13 p.m.: Road update: The right lane on westbound Interstate 70 from Vail to the top of Vail Pass is closed for the race and isn't expected to reopen until 5 p.m. In addition, no oversized and overweight vehicles are allowed to travel westbound from Copper Mountain to U.S. Highway 24 while the race is under way.

​2:02 p.m.: ​Chris Froome crosses the line staring at his stem. He gets some help getting pushed to the team car. Vail Pass hurts!

1:57 p.m.: Kanstantin Siutsou, of Team Sky Procycling, has the top performance of the day so far, with a time of 26:17.

1:35 p.m.: Crowds are gathered along the frontage road, and it's pandemonium at the base of Vail Pass. Some spectators in the last 500 meters have dressed up for the occasion as well.

1:33 p.m.: Tour de France champ Chris Froome starts on course to a big cheer from the crowd.